Black Sabbath bandmate reveals final dialog he had with Ozzy Osbourne earlier than dying aged 76

Black Sabbath guitarist Tommy Iommi has spoken concerning the final dialog he had with Ozzy Osbourne earlier than the rock legend died on the age of 76.

The well-known band reunited for one remaining gig earlier this month by which Ozzy carried out whereas seated on a black throne adorned with the determine of a large bat.

He’d made it clear it was the final time he was going to carry out, with a crowd of over 40,000 individuals in Villa Park and hundreds of thousands watching alongside on a livestream bearing witness to Black Sabbath’s swansong.

A bit of over two weeks later, Ozzy’s household introduced he had died ‘surrounded by love’ on the age of 76, leading to tributes pouring in from all around the world of music.

Tommy Iommi told ITV that Ozzy’s dying had come as a shock to him and that his Black Sabbath bandmate had texted him the day earlier than he died.

“Once I had the textual content off him the day earlier than yesterday saying he’s drained and he’s actually obtained no vitality. And I assumed, ‘Oh, pricey – as a result of it’s loads for him to try this beneath the issues he’s obtained’,” Tommy mentioned, explaining that they may see in rehearsals for his or her remaining present that Ozzy was getting drained rapidly.

“In order that they’d deliver him in and he’d sit down and sing a couple of songs, after which we’d discuss some garbage outdated occasions or no matter, have fun, after which he’d go. And that’s type of what we did, actually.”

The rockstar additionally recounted his final in-person dialog with Ozzy as properly, saying that after the Again to the Starting gig they’d a little bit of a chat.

He mentioned: “He got here round earlier than he was leaving on a wheelchair that introduced him in to say goodbye and have somewhat chat for a bit, and he appeared alright.

“He loved it. And he mentioned, ‘Oh, it went all proper, didn’t it?’ I mentioned, ‘Yeah, it did.’”

The Black Sabbath guitarist mentioned he may inform throughout the live performance that Ozzy ‘was making an attempt to stand up’ out of his throne, including that being on stage one remaining time ‘meant all the pieces’ to his bandmate, who had emotionally thanked followers.

Iommi mentioned when he first obtained the information of Ozzy’s dying it felt ‘unreal’ given he’d so not too long ago had a message from him however mentioned Osbourne had ‘not seemed properly by means of the rehearsals’.

He urged that the legendary rockstar had ‘actually simply held out to try this present’, with Ozzy having beforehand vowed to get again on stage once more one remaining time.

He mentioned: “I actually really feel – and me and Geezer [Butler] have been speaking about it final night time – that we expect he held out to do it, and simply after that, he’s performed it and mentioned goodbye to the followers. And that was the tip of it, actually.

“I believe he should have had one thing in his head that mentioned, ‘Properly, that is gonna be it, the very last thing I’m ever gonna do.’ Whether or not he thought he was gonna die or what, I don’t know.

“However he actually needed to do it, and he was decided to do it. And honest dues, he’d performed it.”

Due to the live performance Black Sabbath raised round £140 million for Birmingham Youngsters’s Hospital, Acorns Youngsters’s Hospice and Remedy Parkinson’s.